Velvet McIntyre defeated Fabulous Moolah for the WWF(E) Women's title.
July 3, 1986
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July 3, 2011
This Day in Wrestling History
July 2, 2011
Jim Ross & Jerry Brisco Hosting Talent Scouting Clinic
WWE Hall of Famers/talent scouts Jim Ross and Jerry Brisco will be hosting a talent evaluation clinic at the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame on Friday, July 22.
The event scheduled for the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in Waterloo, Iowa will include Ross attending the event in an "official capacity as a WWE employee" to evaluate experienced wrestlers.
The format is: live show at the Hall of Fame, the show will be a training session, talent will have a full match watched by Ross and Brisco, and Ross and Brisco will provide individual critiques after the match. Regional promoters will also be in attendance.
Cost of the tryout/training match is $125. Only five spots are currently available. To inquire, contact Troy Peterson at wresshow@yahoo.com.
source: pwtorch.com
Was Abraham Lincoln Really A Wrestler?
After Stephanie McMahon mentioned on Bloomberg TV that Abraham Lincoln was a wrestler, Feminine Smark did some research and found the following from www.mrlincolnandfriends.org:
“There was a big fellow named Jack Armstrong, strong as a Russian bear, that I could not put down; nor could he get me on the ground,” Mr. Lincoln once recalled. “I suppose you have heard of Lincoln’s wrestling match with Jack Armstrong. I saw part of that. [Jack] Armstrong was one of the Clary Grove gang and it was their habit to initiate newcomers into town. Lincoln was tall, ungainly, awkward, and was bantered by this crowd,” recalled New Salem resident Daniel Green Burner. “These fellows would come into New Salem, get drunk, and would handle a novice roughly. Lincoln finally wagered Armstrong $10 that he could find a man who could throw him. The challenge was accepted and the next Saturday was set for the time. When the Armstrong gang arrived Lincoln told them that his man had not yet come. They waited around and became impatient and finally Armstrong demanded of Lincoln the $10. Lincoln replied:
‘Look here, Jack, my man isn’t here yet, but rather than lose that $10 I will wrestle with you myself.’
Burner continued: “They went at it, and Lincoln just fooled with Armstrong until he had tired him completely out. Then he swung his long leg over Armstrong’s neck and made Armstrong run around holding him up in that position. Jack finally begged off, admitting he was beaten and offered Lincoln the $10, which Lincoln refused to take. The two were ever afterward warm friends. I saw all the last part of this match, and it was highly amusing. The story about Lincoln rubbing smartweed in his face is untrue.”
Ric Flair Fails to Appear at Advertised Event
TNA returned to MCU Park in Brooklyn, NY for a Basebrawl event. It was a very good and entertaining show with the only downside being that Ric Flair, who was the focal point of advertising and was pushed as appearing, did not appear before the live crowd. Flair was there and did a signing for VIP ticketholders that purchased a special ticket but did not come out before the crowd, although both Don West and Jeremy Borash plugged that he would. The word making the rounds after the show was that Flair had turned down the request to come out before the crowd and left the venue before the show ended.
Flair: There's absolutely no excuse for Ric Flair to have not made an appearance on the show before the live crowd. It is ludicrous when you realize that he turned down the chance to come out and do a quick, non-physical segment before one of the larger crowds TNA will draw this summer and possibly this year to a live event. As soon as the show ended, everyone sitting around me asked what happened to Flair. It made TNA look totally bush league, because to the average fan there, it appeared that Don West and Jeremy Borash pushed that someone was there when they really weren't. There is no excuse to ever put TNA or its talents in that position, especially when Flair is making well into six figures annually from his TNA salary. For Flair not to come out, cut a quick promo, drop a "Woo" and leave as the legend the fans view him as is just another sad chapter in a man chipping away at his own aura. To leave TNA, who's been paying him a handsome salary, holding the bag, is inexcusable but sadly not surprising.
source: pwinsider.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Bret "The Hitman" Hart
July 2, 1957
"Iron" Mike DiBiase died of a heart attack in the ring.
July 2, 1969
July 1, 2011
Jim Ross Comments on Shawn Michaels and Triple H's Gator Hunting
"Shawn Michaels hit me about going on a hog hunt with him in the future on his new Outdoor Life Network show. What's better than fresh, smoked hog with JR's BBQ Sauce. HHH went on an alligator hunt with HBK this week for an episode of Shawn's Outdoor Life Network show with an air date TBA. 'The Game and The Gator' should be the title of that broadcast. I'll stick to watching 'Swamp People' and leave the Gator hunting to others."
source: jrsbarbq.com
Film Aims to Show Football's Culture of Playing Despite Concussions
The documentary's title alone is telling. To ring someone's bell in football is to hit them hard -- really hard -- usually in the skull. Levens believes that by speaking to fellow players in their own dialect, "locker-room language," he can persuade them to be frank about their injuries and conditions, especially concussions.
It's a topic that generally makes players reticent around reporters, doctors and NFL officials...More?
source: cnn.com
USA Wins 20th Consecutive Quarter
USA won 2Q11, extending its unprecedented run as the #1 ad-supported cable entertainment network in prime among total viewers to 20 consecutive quarters as 3.01 million came to the all entertainment network, beating NBA-fueled TNT by +11% as well as topping TNT in households with 2.27 million, +14% over TNT. More of the quarter’s top 40 scripted telecasts were on USA than on any other network for both P25-54 (14) and P18-49 (10):
WWE Tough Enough is the #2 new reality series of the year to date among total viewers (2.74 million).
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW had a championship quarter, growing year to year across the board: P25-54 (2.49 million) +6%, P18-49 (2.51 million) +6%, P18-34 (1.21 million) +10%, total viewers (5.22 million) +7%, and households (3.46 million) +3%. More total viewers watching cable Mondays from 9pm-11pm tuned to USA’s WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW than anything else in 2Q11. WWE Raw continues to hold the title as the #1 choice for M18-34 in its usual Monday 9pm-11pm timeslot, beating every network on television, broadcast or cable, except for CBS in M18-49, ABC and CBS in P18-49, P18-34, and total males. WWE Raw delivered more P25-54 than FOX head to head this quarter
USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 102 million U.S. homes...More?
source: tvbythenumbers
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
